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October 15, 2001
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Despatches
 

With no easy answers to tackle power shortage, the Madhya Pradesh Government cuts a sorry figure. Could the crisis have been avoided, asks INDIA TODAY Special Correpondent Neeraj Mishra in
Groping In The Dark

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: COCAINE RAIDS
Coke Tales

The arrest and interrogation of a peddler in Delhi reveal that at glitzy parties in faraway farmhouses, money and power go on high with the kick of cocaine. It's the haute drug for the stylish people in black. A peep into the world of the cocaine-users.
Full Story...

THE NATION: AYODHYA DISPUTE  
Invisible Dialogue  

Vajpayee has promised a solution by March next year. But who is he talking to? Nobody knows.
Full Story...


SOCIETY & TRENDS: NIGHTCLUBS  
New Metro Hotspots  

Establishments combining a rash of activities have taken over from the one-dimensional discos in urban India.
Full Story...


 
LETTERS  
  From The Editor In Chief  
     
To The Editor  

EDITORIALS

India cannot afford a pirated edition of the Taliban raj in its territory.

  End Of Ideas
  Is school education churning out potential conceptual illiterates?
THE NATION: SAMATA PARTY
Doghouse Woes
Fernandes is losing ground both within and outside his party.
Full Story...
 

STATES: ORISSA
Lethal Diet
The actual cause of 19 deaths in Orissa may be poisoning rather than lack of food.
Full Story...
 

BUSINESS: HERO HONDA
Hero No.1
The company becomes India's largest two-wheeler maker.
Full Stor...

 

DIPLOMACY: INDIANS ABROAD
Privilege Posting
The appointment of a roving ambassador may help tap NRI clout.
Full Story...

 

NEIGHBOURS: AFGHANISTAN
Growing Paranoia
Western aid agencies are the Taliban's latest targets.
Full Story...
 

THE NATION: GOVERNMENT
Gunning For Arun
Jaswant 's special adviser is again at the centre of a controversy.
Full Story...


MUSIC: MUSINGS
Reverberations
Hot Tracks
Screen Surf
Arrivals

  SPORTS: CRICKET
Dual Powered
Team's future lies in friendship between Ganguly and his deputy.
Full Story...

CONTROVERSY: PLAGIARISM
Novel Ideas
Two literary stars of Malayalam stand accused of plagiarism.
Full Story...

 

HEALTH: MEDICAL VACATIONS
Home Remedy
Foreign patients are being attracted by India's dropping costs.
Full Story...


ARTS: GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS
Passions In Print
Printmaking excites artists and buyers alike.
Full Story...
  OFFTRACK: MUMBAI
The Next Stage
It's time to suspend disbelief when theatre moves closer home.
Full Story...
 

FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
Breach Of
Privilege

Pay the Members of Parliaments big salaries but make them give up their perks.
  KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Ahluwalia's Labour Lost?
The Employment Task Force's report demands urgent attention and action.

POLITICALLY CORRECT: P. Chidambaram
Reluctant Salesman
Disinvestment is in disarray because there is no transparency or political will.
CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan
BODYLINE By Ravi Shankar
VOICES
"Marxists have a problem. They think they are the only scholars in India. They do not want to accept the fact that there can be other viewpoints as well."
Murli Manohar Joshi, Union human resource development minister, on protests against the way he is running his ministry.
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CAPLOOKS
Delhi
Mine Field
Baalu wants the Kudremukh iron mines shifted within five years.
  Ahmedabad
Follow The Leader
Narendra Modi follows Vajpayee's foot steps in composing poetry.
   
Delhi
Cascade Tripping
Bureaucrats are caught in a non-moving diplomatic jam.
  Chennai
Losing Their Shirts
A Dalit MLA's "indecent" protest draws flak from women members.


CONFESSIONAL

Janata Dal (United) leader Ramakrishna Hegde says he will retire from politics.

TREMORS
BJP Leaders On The Uttar Pradesh Scene.


BOOKS: V. S. NAIPAUL
Courts And Their Judgments: Arun Shourie
Arun Shourie's timely rejoinder to the vagaries of the highest court.

A Wasted Death: Rajmohan Pillai, K. Govindan Kutty
When envy tries to hijack the cause.

It Was Five Past Midnight In Bhopal: Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro
Lapierre visits post-disaster Bhopal to capture the enduring
human spirit.

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EYECATCHERS
Nethra Raghuraman and Ash Chandler
Raja and Radha Reddy

P. Susheela

Anjala Jhaveri

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Carrier Of An Epic
I compare India to Draupadi in the dice scene of the Mahabharata ... she keeps unfolding," says French scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carriere in mildly accented English and an understanding that extends beyond touristy applause.
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